Re: Bilge Blocks
Brent and Laura Wilson (backforty2@lisco.com)
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 04:35:01 -0600
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Jerry,
My 76 Potter #657 has the concrete blocks. Do you think they make
a difference? Being an old Sea Pearler, I thought under the bunks looked
like a great spot for water ballast tanks. :)
Brent
76 P-15 #657
Lockridge IA
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> From: Magico1@aol.com
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: Bilge Blocks
> Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:15 PM
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> As far as I know the concrete blocks were a Joe Edwards Idea. The Mark
2
> Potters built by Herb Stewart didn't have them. Also the early Mark 2
Potters
> were called 14 footers. The MK 2 was introduced in Aug 1975 with hull
number
> 600. Joe bought the company in 1978 and began calling them a 15 footer.
The
> price of resin was going sky high and he had to find ways to cut costs.
He
> quit galvanizing the keels and painted them. And he found a cheaper way
to.
> build the centerboard housing. And somewhere around 1980 he started
glassing
> in concrete blocks. I'm glad to see that International Marine is cleaning
up
> some of Joe's messes. Jerry Barrilleaux Sunshine & Breezy
>